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Newspaper
Advance Hustler
Location
Advance, Indiana, United States of America
Date
May 15, 1924
Page
6
Georgie Green Frog hosts a pond party with a high jump contest. Frogs eat moulted skins and banquet on water beetles and dragonflies. Georgie reflects on past vanity, apologizes, and is praised for his growth as the frogs cheer his leadership.
In a large schoolroom a student named Smith who stutters is asked to parse a complex sentence about porcupines and hippopotamuses. He falters and quips to the professor that it is a deuce of a question to ask him.
The presiding elder quotes a blunt remark from Gap Johnson of Rumpus Ridge about his boy Blister, noting the boy eats what is given and often steals. The exchange appears in a Kansas City Star excerpt.
An old advertisement touts Cuticura Soap for shaving and bathing, promising double razor efficiency and skin health with no mug soap germs or irritation, suitable for daily shaving twice. It promotes one soap for shaving bathing and shampooing.
A Kansas City Star quip highlights a husband’s claim to authority at home as ready-made advice falls short. The gag contrasts a bossy outside image with domestic realities including a wife, a baby, and a collie pup.
A playful collection of alliterative phrases featuring many named kids and activities. It showcases repetitive consonant sounds with lines about sisters, teachers, and sailors, each line crafted to challenge the tongue and amuse listeners.
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